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    <h1 align="center">All About Groups</h1>
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    <p>As an individual, there are two ways to date groups: "any" or "all".  In
      the &quot;Any&quot; camp, you are saying you would date a single member of a
      group, even if the other member is not a match according to your
      specifications.   &quot;All&quot; requires that you match all the members of the
      group, with one exception we'll describe in a moment.</p>
      <p>Groups can also specify
      whether they want folks to match any of them or to match all of them. 
      In the first case, if any member
      of the group wanted to date someone, the group would go for it. 
        In the second case, they would not be willing to date an individual unless that
      individual was a match all around.</p>
      <p>Group members can also say they are not looking.  This means they are
      along for the ride, but are not interested in dating.  This may
      happen, for example, if one partner wants to support their partner picking
      up hot gay boys.  So even if you as an individual checked &quot;all&quot; you
      might get matched with such a group since their partner, while
      present, in some sense doesn't &quot;count&quot;. (That's the exception we
      mentioned.) Group-group matching is a headache--but it makes for fun dates.</p>
    <h2>Example #1 -- Hot Male Action</h2>
A MF couple is looking to find a man to date the man of the group.  The woman wants to be a friend, and participate in the non-sexual aspects of the relationship, but is not interested in sex with any more men.  They would then fill out the form with the woman looking for &quot;none&quot;, the man looking for &quot;men,&quot; &quot;trans men,&quot; and possibly &quot;genderqueer/other&quot;, and the &quot;Any or All&quot; button would have no effect.  This group will match any men looking for men that provided an age range that included the male in the group.
<h2>Example #2 -- The Classic Bi Babe Hunt</h2>
A MF couple is looking for someone to date both of them.  Both
individuals of the group would fill out that they are looking for men
or women, and they would check off the &quot;all&quot; button at the bottom.
This means they would only match those who would be interested
in <em>both</em> members of the group, i.e. bi people whose desired age range covers both of them.
<h2>Example #3 -- The Finding Anyone Plan</h2>
A MMF triad is looking for someone to date some number of themselves.
They would all put what they were looking for--say the first man is
looking for men and genderqueers, the second is looking for men, trans men, women,
and trans women, and the women is looking for anything.  They would check
off &quot;Any&quot; at the end, which means gay men would match, lesbians would
match, bisexuals would match... the list goes on.  They should make clear
to the folks they meet which of them is interested in what genders, so that those
folks know who they'd be expressing interest if they checked off the "yes" box on their dating form!
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